Coin-delivery apparatus.



Patented Aug. 6, 1901.

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COIN DELIVERY APPARATUS.

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HARVEY L. FISHER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TODOUGLAS SMITH AND EDWARD RECTOR, OF SAME PLACE.

COIN-DELIVERY APPARATUS.

SPEGIIEIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,837, dated August6, 1901 Application filed July 28,1899. Serial No. 725.372.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARVEY L. FISHER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, in

5 the State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Coin-Delivery Apparatus, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of coindelivery apparatus in which aseriesof coin chutes or holders for holding the supply of coins ofdifferentdenominat-ions are combined with suitable ejecting ordeliverydevices and a series of operating-keys representing different amounts,wherebyupon operating any one of said keys one or more coinsrepresenting the value of such key will be delivered from the machine.

My invention has for its object the provision of a simple and efficientmachine of this character; and its novelty consists in the newconstructions, arrangements, combinations,

125 and modes of operation of the several parts, all as hereinafter morefully explained, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my newmachine; Fig.

0 2, a top plan view thereof with the lid removed; Fig. 3, an elevationof the left side of the machine with the lid'and side plate of thecasing removed and with part of the framework broken away to expose theparts behind it; Fig. 4:, a vertical longitudinal section of themachine; Fig. 5, a transverse section approximately on the line 5 5 ofFigs. 3 and 4; Fig. 6, a horizontal sectional detail of the coin-chutesand one of the coin-followers;

0 Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10, vertical sectional details of the parts at thedelivery end of one of the coin-chutes; Fig. 11, a perspective view ofone of the followers; Fig. 12, a bottom plan view thereof, and Fig. 13is a detail View of 4.5 the sheave.

The same letters of reference are used to designate corresponding partsin the several views. I

The operating parts of the machine, with the exception of the projectingstems of the key-levers, are inclosed within a casing A,

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whose rear halfis provided witha lid B, covering the coin-chutes andhaving a glass Window 0, through which the supply of coins in the chutesmay be observed. The casing A is provided in its left-hand side with acoindelivery opening D, through which the coins from the coin-chutes aredelivered upon the operations of the keys E, which latter are in thepresent instance numbered consecutively from 1 to 100 and representmultiples of one cent from one to one dollar. Upon depressing any one ofsaid keys an amount F,which in the present instance are eight in anumber, of which the three rearmost ones are devoted to one-cent coins,the next two to dimes, the next to nickels, the next to quarters, andthe last or foremost one to half-dollars, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3.These coin-holders F are supported at their opposite ends in theframework of the machine, and extending across their left-hand ordelivery ends are two platesG G, secured together side by sidelongitudinally of the ma- 8o chine, Figs. 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7, the innerplate G being considerably thicker than the outer plate G. The innerplate G is provided opposite the ends of the respective coin-chutes withround holes somewhat larger than the respective coins which are to bedelivered through them, while the outer plate G is provided with acorresponding series of holes slightly larger than those in the plate Gand located in a slightly higher plane, as shown in Figs. 3 and 7, sothat the lower edges of the holes in the outer plate G overlap andextend slightly above the lower edges of the holes in the inner plate G.The bottoms of the holes in the inner plate G are coincident 5 with thebottoms of the coin-chutes F, so that the lower edge of the left-handcoin in each row of coins abuts against the outer plate G, the latteracting as a stop for the rows of coins, as hereinafter explained. Theouter I00 plate G is separated from the side plate of the casing A by aspace H, Fig. 2, whose bottom wall is formed by a ledge I, projectinginwardly from the inner surface of the side plate of the casing andinclined from front to rear toward the delivery opening D in said sideplate, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 33, so that the coinsdelivered from the chutes F through the openings in the plates G G willroll down the inclined ledge I and pass out the opening D.

Extending longitudinally through the bottom of each coin-chute or troughis an open slot in which fits and plays a longitudinal bar J,constituting the coin lifting and delivering device. The bars J extendat their left-hand ends through rectangular notches cut in the plates GG at the bottoms of the holes therein, Fig. 3, and each bar is provided.

at its end with an upturned finger J, whose concave upper edge iscoincident with the recess G in the plate G and underlies the lefthandcoin in the row, Figs. 6 and 7. The bars J are given a peculiarfour-motion movement somewhat analogous to that of a four-motionsewing-machine feed mechanism by the means hereinafter described-that isto say, in delivering a coin from the left-hand end of any coin-chute,Figs. 7., 8, and 9, the bar J beneath such chute first rises through theslot in the bottom of the chute, thereby lifting the entire row of coinsslightly above the bottom of the chute and also by means of the finger Jat its left-hand end lifting the left-hand coin in the row high enoughin the recess G to bring itinto register with the delivery-opening inthe outer plate G,'Fig. 8, then moves to the left (carrying the entirerow of coins with it) and delivers the left-hand coin in the row throughthe opening in the plate G, Fig. 9, then drops downward again anddeposits the row of coins upon the bottom of the coin-chute, (in a newposition to the left of its former position, Fig. 10,) and then returnsto the right to normal position, Fig. 7, with the upper end of itsfinger J underlying the next succeeding coin in the row, ready todeliver it from the chute at the next operation of the bar J. In Fig. 9the ejected coin is shown still resting upon the upper end of the fingerJ of the bar J, so that it would not be entirely released and drop uponthe ledge I and roll down upon the discharge-opening D in the casinguntil the bar J had dropped back to the position shown in Fig. 10 andperhaps returned to the right to normal position again; but the ends ofthe fingers J are quite thin, so that the lifted coin readily escapestherefrom, and in operation the coin to be'ejected will usually escapefrom the finger when the parts reach the position shown in Fig. 9 and bedischarged at the delivery-opening in the casing before the.

barJ is released and returns to or toward normal posit-ion.

- Located in each coin-chute behind the row of. coins therein is acoin-follower K, Figs. 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, which is constantly pressedtoward the left against the row of coins by a suitable spring, ashereinafter describedl The coin lifting and delivering bar J is sosupported, as hereinafter explained, that it is free to be movedlongitudinally toward the left,and the resultis that whenever it israised through the slot in the bottom of the coinchute and lifts the rowof coins therein the spring-pressed follower K,constant1y tending topress the row of coins toward the left, will transmit the force of thespring to the bar J, (through the row of coins resting upon it and nowfree from the coin-chute,) with the re sult that the bar J and theentire row of coins supported upon it will be moved to the left by theaction of such spring and the extreme left-hand coin in the row bedelivered through the opening in the outer plate G, as heretoforestated. When the bar J is released and permitted to drop back until therow of coins again rests upon the bottom of the coin-chute and theupturned finger J clears the lower edge of the left-hand coin, the barwill be relieved from the stress of the spring which has moved it to theleft and will be returned to its normal right-hand position by aresetting-spring, hereinafter described, constantly pressing it in thatdirection, but overcome when the bar is lifted by the stronger springwhich presses the bar to the left.

The manner in which the coin feeding and delivering bars J are supportedand operated for the purpose and with the result above described may beunderstood by reference to Figs. 3, 4., 5, and 6, where it will be seenthat each bar is pivotally supported at its opposite ends upon verticallinks L, which are likewise pivotally supported at their lower ends insupports carried by the rearwardlyextending horizontal arms of a pair ofbellcrank levers M, which are fast upon the opposite ends of arock-shaft N and have the upper ends of their vertical arms connected bya rod 0. A spring P, coiled aroundthe rock-shaftNand connected at oneend thereto and at its opposite end to a fixedpoint, exerts its powerupon said shaft and bell-cranks in a direction to press the rod 0rearward (to the left) and depress the rear ends of the horizontal armsof the bell-cranks and maintain the coin-lifting bar J in its lowerposition. A light spring Q, engaging the right-hand supporting-link L ofthe bar J, presses the latter toward the right, but is overcome by astrong spring connected to the coin-follower K, which forces the bar Jand row of coins to the left when the bar J is lifted, as here toforeexplained. The spring Q constitutes the resetting-spring heretoforereferred to.

It will be understood from the construction just described that wheneverthe rod 0 is pulled forward the rear ends of the horizontal arms of thebell-cranks M, fast upon the shaft N, will be elevated and will raisethe bar J through the slot in the bottom of the coin-chute and lift therow of coins therefrom, with the result heretofore explained. The meansfor pulling the rod 0 forward'for this purpose consists of a series ofhorizontal t v v slides R, extending longitudinally through the machineand each connected at its forward end to the vertical arm of abell-crank S, fulorumed upon a support upon the bottom plate of theframework and having the end of its rearwardly-extending horizontal armpivoted to the lower end of one of the vertical stems of theoperating-keys E, Figs. 3 and 4. Suitable springs T, engaging thebellcranks S, yieldingly hold the latter in normal position, with theoperating-keys E elevated. The slides R are provided with longitudinalslots U, coincident with each of the rods 0, which connect the upperends of the vertical arms of the bell cranks M, and through which slotssaid rods 0 pass, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. Whenever anyoperating-key is depressed, the slide R, connected to such key by meansof the intermediate bell-crank S, will be drawn forward and one or moreof the cross'rods 0, connecting the bell-cranks M, will be engaged bythe rear end wall of one or more of the slots U in said slide and becarried forward with the slide, thereby rocking the correspondingbelloranks M and elevating the corresponding coin-lifting bars J. Theslots U in the slides Rare of such length and so arranged relatively tothe several cross-rods O that whenever any slide R is drawn forward bythe depression of its connected operating-key E such cross-rods O ascorrespond with the coin-chutes from which coins must be delivered tomake up the amount represented by the operated key will be. drawnforward by the slide, thereby lifting the bars J belonging to suchcoin-chutes and delivering a coin from each of them in the mannerdescribed, while all the remaining cross-rods 0 will be left unmoved bythe operated slide, the latter playing idly back and forth so far asthey are concerned. Thus in Fig. 3 the left-hand operating-key thereshown is the one-cent key, and the slide B there shown is the onecentslide, connected to such key by the lefthand one of the bell-cranks S insaid figure. As will be noted, only the slot U at the extreme rear endof the slide R is arranged to engage and move its cross-rod 0 when theslide is drawn forward by the depression of the one-cent key, so thatonly the coin-lifting bar J of the rearmost coin-chute will be operatedwhen the one-cent key is depressed, and

consequently one cent will be delivered from the machine upon theoperation of such key. In Fig. 4 the slide B there shown is connected byits bell-crank S to the six-cent key, and its slots U are so arrangedrelatively to the cross-rods O that when the slide is drawn forward bythe depression of such key the rods 0 corresponding to the five-cent andonecent coin-chutes will be carried forward with it, thereby operatingthe coin-lifting bars J of said chutes and delivering a five-cent coinand a one-cent coin to make up the amount of six cents represented bysuch key. When the one-dollar key is operated, its slide will chutes.

draw forward the rods 0 corresponding to all of the coin-chutesexcepting the three rearmost ones, devoted to one-cent coins, and onedollar in change will be delivered from the machine. When theninety-nine-cent key is operated, all of the rods 0 excepting the onecorresponding to the five-cent coin-chute will be drawn forward, withthe result that ninetynine cents in change will be delivered from themachine, and so on, each operating-key being connected through its slideR and the rods 0 with the delivery devices of the coinchutes necessaryfor the delivery of coins aggregatingin value the amount represented bysuch key.

For the purpose of avoiding the necessity of having four coin-chutesdevoted to onecent coins and, yet enabling four one-cent coins to bedelivered whenever four cents are required in making up the amountrepresented by the operated key I arrange the delivery devices for thethird coin-chute from the rear to deliver two one-cent coins wheneversuch devices are operated, to which end the finger J upon the left-handend of the coin-lifting bar J of this chute is made thick enough toengage and lift the two left-hand coinsin the row, and thereby delivertwo coins from said chute whenever the bar J is operated, the recess Gin the plate G opposite the delivery-opening of this coin-chute beingformed to accommodate two coins, as indicated in Fig. 2. This provisionfor delivering two one-cent coins from one of the chutes instead ofproviding four chutes forone-cent coins enables the machine to be madeproportionately shorter. Four chutes may be employed whenever desired.

It remains now to describe the particular construction of thecoin-followers K illustrated in the present instance and the man ner ofconnecting their operating-springs to them.

Each coin-follower K consists of a Hat plate a, having secured to itsleft-hand edge an ap proximately round disk b,which bears against theleft-hand end of the row of coins. The opposite edges of the plate'arest on guideways formed upon the opposite upper edges of the coinchutes F and are provided with narrow longitudinal slits or grooves,which engage thin metal strips 0, secured to the upper edges of thewalls separatingthe several The engagement of these strips 0 with thegrooves in the edges of the plates a serves to hold the followers inplace andguide them in their movements longitudinally of the chutes. Theunder side ofthe plateaof the follower K is cut away adjacent the diskI) to form a recess to receive two peripherallygrooved sheaves d, Figs.6, l1, and 12, over the rear or right-hand sides .of which transverselyof the follower passes a cord 6, whose inner end is secured to a fixedpoint at the left-hand rear corner of the coin-chute, Figs. 6 and 7,whence the cord passes to the right along the upper edge of the rearwall of the chute, thence forwardly transversely through ward around aperipherally-grooved sheave 5 f, and. thence to the right around alarger sheave V, to which it is secured.

The spindle-of the sheave V has secured ,to it the lefthand end of asecond cord. 2, whose rightha d e d is secured to the left-hand end of astrong coiled springw,this being the Spring heretofore referred to asthe actuating-spring for moving the coin-delivering bar J and row ofcoins to the leftwhen the bar has lifted the row of coins above thebottom of the coinchute. When the coin-follower K is moved toward theright in the coin-chute, Figs. 5 and 6, the loop-of the cord 6, whichengages said follower, will be carried to the right with-the follower,thereby unwinding said cord from the sheave V and turning the latter ina direction to wind up the end of the cord eupon the spindle of thesheave and stretch the spring W. Under such conditions the tension ofthespring will tend to unwind the cord e" from the spindle of the sheave Vand turn the latter in a direction to wind up the cord e upon thesheave,-and thereby press the follower 'K toward the left against therowof coins in the chute. For the purpose of cansing the spring W toactwith approximately uniform power upon the coin-follower throughoutthelength of movement of the latter from one end of itscoin-chute to theother .the

spindle of the sheave V, upon which the cord 6 is wound, is madetapering outward'from the sheave and the end of the cord 6 is seecuredto it adjacent the sheave, so that when. the coin-follower is moved tothe right-hand end of the coin-chute and the cord e thereby wound uponthe spindle of the sheave'(windin g outwardly from the sheave upon thespin-' dle)-and the springW placed under greatest tension the springwill exert its force through the cord'e upon the smaller diameter of thespindle, and as the cord e is gradually unwound from the spindle as thefollower moves toward the left and the spring contracts and its tensiondecreases the spring-will exert its power upon the larger diameter ofthe spin dle. It will of course be understood that there is one of thesprings W and cooperating devices for each of the coin-chutes and itsfollower. When the coins in any chute become exhausted, the disk I) ofthe follower K will take the place of the left-hand coin immediatelyoverthe finger J of the liftingbar J, and inasmuch as this disk cannotbe lifted (owing-to the engagement of the follower With its guides uponthe walls of the chute) it follows that it will lock the bar J of suchchute from upward movement, and consequently no key cooperating withsuch bar and chute can be depressed.

My above-described coin delivery apparatus is simple in construction andefficient in operation, and the rows of coins are moved longitudinallyof their chutes as the coins are successively delivered from themwithout any friction whatever between the coins and the chutes. In thisrespect my machine ennbodies, I believe, a radically new mode ofoperation in coin-delivery apparatus, and my invent-ion is therefore notrestricted in its broader scope 'to details-of construction Orarrangement of parts.

It will be 11naerscood that, as is common in coin-delivery a. paratus,the o eratin -ke s 1nay-l )e employed either to -fleliver from themachine an amount-of change represented by the numbers upon the keys orto deliver from the machinean amount of changeiequalin g thedifferencebetweensuch numbers and some unit of value, usually onedollar. Thus if in the present instancethe'keys were numbered in reverseorder from one cent to ninetynine cents, beginning with the ninety-ninecent key and ending with the one-centkey, the operation of any key inthe series would deliver from the machine thediiference between onedollar and the number borne by the operated key. In using the machineun- 'der such arrangement the-numbers upon the operated keys will beemployed to represent the amount of the sale or transaction instead oftheamount of change to be given, so'that by simply-depressing the keyrepresenting the amountof the sale or transaction the proper change (upto onedollar) will be delivered from the machine without the necessityfor any mental calculation upon the part ,of the operator.

Having thus described my invention, I claim '1. In acoin-delivery-apparatus, the combination of a coin-chute and means forlifting the row of coins from the chute and advancing them toward thedelivery end thereof, substantially as described.

'2. Ina coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a coin-chute andmeans for lifting the row of coins therefrom and advancing them towardthe delivery end thereof and releasing the end coin, and redepositingthe remainder of the coins in the chute, substantially as described.

3. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a coin-chuteprovided at its delivery endwith a stop engaging the end coin in the-row,and means for lifting the row of coins from the chute and the endcoin out of engagement with said stop, and advancing the row of coinstoward the delivery end of the chute toeject saidend coin, substantiallyas described.

4:. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a coin-chuteprovided at its delivery end with a stop engaging the end coin in therow, and means for lifting the row of coins from the chute and the endcoin out of engagement with said stop, advancing the row of coins towardthe delivery end of the chute to eject said end coin, and redeposit--ing the remaining coins in'the chute, substantially as described.

5. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a coin-chute, astop-plate at the delivery end thereof engaging the end coin in the row,a second plate intermediate the stopplate and the end of the coin-chuteand provided witha coin-delivery aperture and a vertically-extendingrecess, andmeans for lift ing the row of coins from the chute and theend coin vertically in said recess and out of engagement with thestop-plate, advancing the row of coins toward the delivery end of thechute to eject the end coin, and redepositing the remainder of the coinsin the chute, substantially as described.

6. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a coin-chute and acoin lifting and delivering bar operating to lift the row of coins inthe chute and advance them toward the delivery end thereof,substantially as described.

'7. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combi nation of a coin-chute and acoin lifting and delivering bar operating to lift the row of coins inthe chute and advance them toward the delivery end thereof to eject theend coin in the row, and to then redeposit the remaining coins in thechute, substantially as described.

8. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a coin-chute and acoin lifting and delivering bar located in the bottom of the chute andextending longitudinally thereof, said bar operating to lift the row ofcoins from the chute, advance them toward the delivery end of the chuteand eject the end coin in the row, and redeposit the remaining coinsupon the bottom of the chute, substantially as described.

9. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the c0mbi nation of a coin-chuteprovided in its bottom with a longitudinal slot, and a coin lifting anddelivering bar extending longitudinally of said slot and operating tolift the'row of coins from the chute, advance them toward the deliveryend thereof and eject the end coin in the row, and redeposit theremaining coins in the chute, substantially as described. 10. In acoin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a coin-chute, a coin liftingand deliverin g bar extending longitudinally thereof, and means forgiving said bar a four-motion movement to cause it to first rise andlift the row of coins from the chute, then advance them toward thedelivery end of the chute and eject the end coin in the row, thenredeposit the remaining coins in the chute, and then return to normalposition, substantially as described.

11. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a coin-chuteprovided in its bottom with a longitudinal slot, a coin lifting anddelivering bar extending longitudinally of said slot, and means forgiving said bar a fourmotion movement to cause it to first rise in saidslot and lift the row of coins from the chute, then advance them towardthe delivery end of the chute, then redeposit them in vertically andlongitudinally movable coin lifting and delivering bar operating to liftthe row of coins from the chute and permit the spring-pressed followerto then advance them toward the delivery end of the chute,

substantially as described.

13. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a coin-chuteprovided at its delivery end with a stop engaging the end coin in therow, a spring-pressed follower located in said chute and pressing therow of coins toward the delivery end thereof, and a vertically andlongitudinally movable coin lifting and delivering bar operating to liftthe row of coins from the chute and the end coin from engagement withsaid stop and permitting the spring-pressed follower to then advance therow of coins toward the delivery end of the chute and eject said endcoin, substantially as described.

14. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a coin-chute, aspring-pressed follower therein pressing the row of coins toward thedelivery end of the chute, a vertically and longitudinally movable coinlifting and delivering bar extending longitudinally of said chute, aresetting-spring yieldingly holding said bar from longitudinal movement,and means forlifting said bar, to cause it to lift the row of coins fromthe chute and permit the spring-pressed follower to move them and thebar toward the delivery end of the chute, and then permitting the bar todrop downward and redeposit the remainder of the coins upon the chuteand be returned longitudinally to normal position by itsresetting-spring, substantially as described.

15; In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a plurality ofcoin-chutes and means for simultaneously lifting the rows of coins inseveral chutes and advancing them toward the delivery ends thereof, toeject the end coins in said rows, substantially as described.

16. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a plurality ofcoin-chutes and means for simultaneously lifting the rows of coins inseveral chutes and advancing them toward the delivery end thereof, toeject the end coins, and redepositing the remainder of the coins intheir respective chutes, substantially as described.

17. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a plurality ofcoin-chutes, a stopplate extending across their delivery ends andengaging the end coins in rows, and means for simultaneously lifting therows of coins in several chutes and disengaging the end coins in saidrows from said stop-plate,

and advancing the'rows of coins toward the delivery ends of the chutes,to eject said endcoins, and then redepositing the remainder of the coinsin their respective chutes, substantially as described.

18. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a plurality ofcoin-chutes, coin lifting and delivering bars cooperating with theseveral chutes to lift the rows of coins therein and advance them towardthe .delivery ends of the chutes, and means for operating single barsand combinations of bars,

nation with each other, substantiallyas and for the purpose described. g

20. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a plurality ofcoin-chutes, coin lifting and delivering bars cooperating with saidchutes and each having a four-motion movement causing it to first riseand lift the rows of coins from the chute, then advance them toward thedelivery end thereof, and eject the end coin in the row, then redepositthe remaining coins in the chute, and then return to normal position,and means for sim ultaneously operating different ones of said bars incombination with each other, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

21. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a plurality ofcoin-chutes, springpressed followers located therein and pressing therows of coins toward the delivery ends of the chutes, vertically andlongitudinally movable coin lifting-and delivering bars cooperating withthe respective chutes to lift the rows of coins from the chutes andpermit the spring-pressed followers to then advance them toward thedelivery ends of the chutes, and means forsimultaneously operatingdifferent ones of said bars in combination with each other,substantially as and for the purpose described.

22. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of a plurality ofcoin-chutes, a stopplate extending across theirdelivery ends andengaging the end coins in the rows, springpressed followers located inthe chutes and pressing the rows of coins toward the delivery endthereof, vertically and longitudinally movable coin lifting anddelivering bars cooperating with the respective chutes to lift the rowsof coins from the chutes and the end coins from engagement with thestop-plate, to permit the spring-pressed followers to advance the rowsof coins toward the delivery ends of the chutes and eject the end coins,

and means for simultaneously operating different ones of saidcoin-lifting bars in combination with each other, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

23. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of the coin-chute Fprovided with the longitudinal slot in its bottom, and the four-motioncoin lifting and delivering bar J operating in said slot and cooperatingwith the coins in said chute in the manner and for the purposedescribed.

24. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of the coin-chute Fhaving the longitudinal slot in its bottom, the stop-plate G at thedelivery end of said chute, and the coin lifting and delivering bar Jprovided with the finger J and cooperating with the coin-chute andstop-plate in the manner and for the purpose described.

25. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of the coin-chute Fhaving the longitudinal slot in its bottom, the stop-plate G at thedelivery end of said chute, the plate G located intermediate thestop-plate G and coin-chute and having the coin-aperture and theverticalrecess G, and the coin lifting and delivering bar J having the finger Jand cooperating with the coin chute and plates G G in themanner and forthe purpose described.

26. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination of the coin-chute Fhaving the longitudinal slot in its bottom, the springpressedcoin-follower K located in said chute, the pair of bell-cranks M havingtheir'upper ends connected, by the cross-rod O, the'links L pivotallysupported at their lower ends upon the horizontal arms of the bellcranksM, the coin lifting and delivering bar J pivotally supported upon'theupper ends of the links I.- and operating in the slot in the bottom ofthe coin-chute,and the resetting-spring Q for the bar J, substantiallyas described.

27. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination, with a series ofcoin-chutes and suitable coin ejecting or delivering devices cooperatingtherewith, of a series of bell-cranks M for actuating said devices, aseries of slides R cooperating with the bell-cranks to actuate the samesingly and in combination, the bellcranks S connected to the slides R,and'the operating-keys E connected to the bell-cranks S, substantiallyas described.

28. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the com bination, with a plurality ofcoin-chutes and suitable coin ejecting or delivering devices cooperatingtherewith, of a series of pairs of bell-cranks M, one pair for eachcoin-chute for actuating the coin-ejecting devices thereof, and thevertical arms of the bell-cranks of each pair being connected by across-rod O, the series of slides R having the slots U through which therods 0 pass and bywhich the several pairs of bell-cranks are actuatedsingly and in combination, the bell-cranks S connected to the slides R,and the operating-- keys E connected to the bell-cranks S, substantiallyas described.

29; In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination, with the coin-chutesF, and the spring-pressed followers K and coin lifting and deliveringbars J cooperating therewith, of the series of pairs of bell-cranks Mand connecting-rods O, the supporting-links L for the bars J pivotallysupported at their lower ends by the horizontal arms of the bell-cranksM, the series of slides R having the slots U through which the rods 0pass and by which the bell-cranks are actuated singly andinco1nbination,the bell-cranks S connected with the slides R, and theoperating-keys connected to the bell-cranks S, substantially asdescribed.

30. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination, with the coin-chuteF, of the follower K guided therein and provided with the sheaves d, thecord 6 having the loop portion passing across said follower, over saidsheaves,

and having its free end connected to the sheave V, the cord e wound atone end around the spindle of the sheave V, and the spring 'W connectedto the opposite end of said cord, substantially as described.

31. In a coin-delivery apparatus, the combination, with the coin-chuteF, of the follower K guided therein and composed of the horizontal platea and vertical disk I), and provided with the sheaves cl, the edges ofthe plate a of the follower being provided with grooves engaging stripsa secured to the upper edges of the coin-chute, the cord 6 secured atone end to one side or corner of the coin-chute and extending thencelongitudinally of the chute, thence transversely across the chute overthe sheaves d of the follower, thence longitudinally of the chute in theopposite direction and downward over the sheave f, and thence to thesheave V, the cord e wound at one end upon the spindle of the sheave V,and the spring W secured to the opposite end of said cord, substantiallyas described.

HARVEY L. FISHER.

Witnesses DOUGLAS SMITH, LEONORA WIsEMAN,

